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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0745.00022.] The paper deals with various volume inequalities closely related to the Brunn-Minkowski theorem: \[ [\text{Vol}(X+Y)]^{1/n}\geq[\text{Vol}(X)]^{1/n}+[\text{Vol}(Y)]^{1 /n} \] where \(X,Y\) are bounded convex subsets in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\). It is shown that this inequality can be formulated in terms of convex functions on \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) and Kähler geometry. A modern reedition of Alexandrov's proof of the Alexandrov-Fenchel inequality is given, and this one implies the Hodge-Teissier-Hovanski inequality: \[ [\text{Vol}(V)]^{1/n}\geq[\text{Vol}(V_ 1)]^{1/n}+[\text{Vol}(V_ 2)]^{1/n} \] where \(V\subset\mathbb{C} P^ k\times\mathbb{C} P^ m\), \(n=\dim V\) is an irreducible algebraic subvariety, \(V_ 1\) and \(V_ 2\) are projections onto \(\mathbb{C} P^ k\) and \(\mathbb{C} P^ m\) [\textit{A. Khovanskij}, Usp. Mat. Nauk 34, No. 4, 160-161 (1979)]. The final section of the paper is a miscellany concerning the Brunn-Minkowski theorem for nonconvex sets, gradient actions and the moment map,... etc. The paper also contains interesting and useful remarks, open questions and, sorrowfully, too many misprints.